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  • ATP-Dependent Lon Protease Contributes to Helicobacter pylori-Induced Gastric Carcinogenesis.

ATP-Dependent Lon Protease Contributes to Helicobacter pylori-Induced Gastric Carcinogenesis.

Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) (2016-04-25)
Bin Luo, Minggang Wang, Nengyi Hou, Xiao Hu, Guiqing Jia, Xianpeng Qin, Xiaofei Zuo, Yang Liu, Kun Luo, Wei Song, Kang Wang, Minghui Pang
ABSTRACT

Helicobacter pylori infection is the strongest risk factor for development of gastric cancer. Host cellular stress responses, including inflammatory and immune responses, have been reported highly linked to H. pylori-induced carcinogenesis. However, whether mitochondrial regulation and metabolic reprogramming, which are potently associated with various cancers, play a role in H. pylori-induced gastric carcinogenesis is largely unknown. Here we revealed that Lon protease (Lonp1), which is a key inductive of mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR(mt)) and is required to maintain the mitochondrial quality, was greatly induced in H. pylori infected gastric epithelial cells. Importantly, we uncovered that knockdown of Lonp1 expression significantly diminished the metabolic switch to glycolysis and gastric cell proliferation associated with low multiplicity of H. pylori infection. In addition, Lonp1 overexpression in gastric epithelial cells also promoted glycolytic switch and cell overgrowth, suggesting H. pylori effect is Lonp1 dependent. We further demonstrated that H. pylori induced Lonp1 expression and cell overgrowth, at least partially, via HIF-1α regulation. Collectively, our results concluded the relevance of Lonp1 for cell proliferation and identified Lonp1 as a key regulator of metabolic reprogramming in H. pylori-induced gastric carcinogenesis.

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Anti-LONP1 antibody produced in rabbit, Ab2, Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution